Exhibit 99.5
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INDIA-SIERRA HOLDINGS, INC.
BYLAWS
AS ADOPTED ON JULY 31, 2001
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Article I: STOCKHOLDERS......................................................1
Section 1.01 Annual Meetings; Time and Place of Meetings...........1
Section 1.02 Special Meetings......................................1
Section 1.03 Notice of Meetings; Waiver............................2
Section 1.04 Quorum................................................2
Section 1.05 Voting................................................2
Section 1.06 Voting by Ballot......................................2
Section 1.07 Adjournment...........................................2
Section 1.08 Proxies...............................................3
Section 1.09 Organization; Procedure...............................3
Section 1.10 Notice of Nominations and Stockholder Business........4
Section 1.11 Inspectors of Elections...............................6
Section 1.12 Opening and Closing of Polls..........................7
Article II: BOARD OF DIRECTORS...............................................7
Section 2.01 General Powers........................................7
Section 2.02 Number of Directors...................................7
Section 2.03 Term..................................................8
Section 2.04 Annual and Regular Meetings...........................8
Section 2.05 Special Meetings; Notice..............................8
Section 2.06 Quorum; Voting........................................9
Section 2.07 Adjournment...........................................9
Section 2.08 Action Without a Meeting..............................9
Section 2.09 Regulations; Manner of Acting.........................9
Section 2.10 Action by Telephonic Communications...................9
Section 2.11 Resignations..........................................9
Section 2.12 Removal of Directors.................................10
Section 2.13 Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships............10
Section 2.14 Compensation.........................................10
Section 2.15 Reliance on Accounts and Reports, etc................10
Article III: EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND OTHER COMMITTEES.......................11
Section 3.01 How Constituted......................................11
Section 3.02 Powers...............................................11
Section 3.03 Proceedings..........................................11
Section 3.04 Quorum and Manner of Acting..........................11
Section 3.05 Action by Telephonic Communications..................12
Section 3.06 Absent or Disqualified Members.......................12
Section 3.07 Resignations.........................................12
Section 3.08 Removal..............................................12
Section 3.09 Vacancies............................................12
Article IV: OFFICERS........................................................12
Section 4.01 Number...............................................12
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Section 4.02 Election.............................................12
Section 4.03 Salaries.............................................13
Section 4.04 Removal and Resignation; Vacancies...................13
Section 4.05 Authority and Duties of Officers.....................13
Section 4.06 The Chairman.........................................13
Section 4.07 The Vice Chairman....................................13
Section 4.08 President and Chief Executive Officer................13
Section 4.09 The Secretary........................................14
Section 4.10 Additional Officers..................................14
Article V: CAPITAL STOCK....................................................15
Section 5.01 Certificates of Stock, Uncertificated Shares.........15
Section 5.02 Signatures; Facsimile................................15
Section 5.03 Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates...............15
Section 5.04 Transfer of Stock....................................15
Section 5.05 Record Date..........................................16
Section 5.06 Registered Stockholders..............................16
Section 5.07 Transfer Agent and Registrar.........................16
Article VI: OFFICES.........................................................17
Section 6.01 Registered Office....................................17
Section 6.02 Other Offices........................................17
Article VII: GENERAL PROVISIONS.............................................17
Section 7.01 Dividends............................................17
Section 7.02 Reserves.............................................17
Section 7.03 Execution of Instruments.............................17
Section 7.04 Voting as Stockholder................................18
Section 7.05 Fiscal Year..........................................18
Section 7.06 Seal.................................................18
Section 7.07 Books and Records; Inspection........................18
Article VIII: AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS...........................................18
Section 8.01 Amendment............................................18
Article IX: CONSTRUCTION....................................................19
Section 9.01 Construction.........................................19
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INDIA-SIERRA HOLDINGS, INC.
BYLAWS
As adopted on July 31, 2001
ARTICLE I:
STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1.01 Annual Meetings; Time and Place of Meetings.
If an annual meeting is required by applicable law, the annual meeting
of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be held for the election of
Directors and for the transaction of such other business as properly may come
before such meeting.
All meetings of stockholders shall be held at such place, either
within or without the State of Delaware, and on such date and at such time, as
may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors (or the Chairman in
the absence of a designation by the Board of Directors) and set forth in the
notice or waiver of notice of the meeting.
Section 1.02 Special Meetings.
Special meetings of the stockholders may be called at any time by the
Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer or, in the event of the
Chief Executive Officer's absence or disability, by the President or any
Director who is also an officer (hereafter, an "Officer Director"). In
addition, a special meeting shall be called by the Chief Executive Officer (or,
in the event of his or her absence or disability, by the President or any
Officer Director), or by the Secretary (i) pursuant to a resolution approved by
a majority of the entire Board of Directors, or (ii) subject to the procedures
set forth in the second paragraph of this Section 1.02, upon receipt of a
written request therefor by stockholders holding in the aggregate not less than
fifteen percent (15%) of the outstanding shares of the Corporation at the time
entitled to vote at any meeting of the stockholders. If such officers shall
fail to call such meeting within one hundred (100) days after receipt of such
stockholder request, the stockholder executing such request may call such
meeting.
Upon request in writing sent by registered mail to the Chief Executive
Officer or the Secretary by any stockholder or stockholders entitled to call a
special meeting of stockholders pursuant to this Section 1.02, the Board of
Directors (or the Chairman in the absence of a designation by the Board of
Directors) shall determine a place and time for such meeting, which time shall
be not less than ninety (90) nor more than one hundred (100) days after the
receipt and determination of the validity of such request, and a record date
for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting in the
manner set forth in Section 5.05 hereof. Following such receipt and
determination, it shall be the duty of the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary
to cause notice to be given to the stockholders entitled to vote at such
meeting, in the manner set forth in Section 1.03 hereof, that a meeting will be
held at the time and place so determined.
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Section 1.03 Notice of Meetings; Waiver.
The Secretary or any Assistant Secretary shall cause written notice of
the place, date and hour of each meeting of the stockholders, and, in the case
of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which such meeting is called,
to be given personally or by mail, not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty
(60) days prior to the meeting, to each stockholder of record entitled to vote
at such meeting, unless otherwise provided by Delaware Law. If such notice is
mailed, it shall be deemed to have been given to a stockholder when deposited
in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his
or her address as it appears on the record of stockholders of the Corporation,
or, if he or she shall have filed with the Secretary of the Corporation a
written request that notices to him or her be mailed to some other address,
then directed to him or her at such other address. Such further notice shall be
given as may be required by law.
A written waiver of any notice of any annual or special meeting signed
by the person entitled thereto shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Neither
the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special
meeting of the stockholders need be specified in a written waiver of notice.
Attendance of a stockholder at a meeting of stockholders shall constitute a
waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the stockholder attends a meeting
for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the
transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully
called or convened.
Section 1.04 Quorum.
Except as otherwise required by law or by the Certificate of
Incorporation, the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of record of a
majority of the shares entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at such meeting.
Section 1.05 Voting.
At all meetings of stockholders for the election of directors a
plurality of the votes cast shall be sufficient to elect directors. Except as
otherwise required by the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, Delaware
Law, the rules or regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the
Corporation, or applicable law or pursuant to any regulation applicable to the
Corporation or its securities, the vote of a majority of the shares represented
in person or by proxy at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be
sufficient for the transaction of any business at such meeting.
Section 1.06 Voting by Ballot.
No vote of the stockholders need be taken by written ballot unless
otherwise required by law. Any vote not required to be taken by ballot may be
conducted in any manner approved at the meeting at which such vote is taken.
Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation and subject to
Delaware Law, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each
outstanding share of capital stock of the Corporation held by such stockholder.
Section 1.07 Adjournment.
If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the stockholders, the
stockholders present in person or by proxy shall have the power to adjourn any
such meeting from time to time until a quorum is present. Notice of any
adjourned meeting of the stockholders of the
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Corporation need not be given if the place, date and hour thereof are announced
at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken, provided, however, that if
the adjournment is for more than thirty days, or if after the adjournment a new
record date for the adjourned meeting is fixed pursuant to Section 5.05 of
these Bylaws, a notice of the adjourned meeting, conforming to the requirements
of Section 1.03 hereof, shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled
to vote at such meeting. At any adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present,
any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original
meeting.
Section 1.08 Proxies.
Any stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of the stockholders
may authorize another person or persons to vote at any such meeting for him or
her by proxy. A stockholder may authorize a valid proxy by executing a written
instrument or by causing his or her signature to be affixed to such writing by
any reasonable means including, but not limited to, by facsimile signature, or
by transmitting or authorizing the transmission of a telegram, cablegram,
electronic mail or other means of electronic transmission to the person
designated as the holder of the proxy, a proxy solicitation firm or a like
authorized agent. No such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after the
expiration of three (3) years from the date of such proxy, unless such proxy
provides for a longer period. Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of
the stockholder executing it, except in those cases where applicable law
provides that a proxy shall be irrevocable. A stockholder may revoke any proxy
which is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by
filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or by submitting another
proxy bearing a later date to the Secretary. Proxies by telegram, cablegram,
electronic mail or other electronic transmission must either set forth or be
submitted with information from which it can be determined that such telegram,
cablegram, electronic mail or other electronic transmission was authorized by
the stockholder. Any copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reliable
reproduction of a writing or transmission created pursuant to this section may
be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing or transmission for any
and all purposes for which the original writing or transmission could be used,
provided that such copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reproduction
shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing or
transmission.
Section 1.09 Organization; Procedure.
(a) Duties of Officers. At every meeting of stockholders the presiding
officer shall be the Chairman or, in the event of his or her absence or
disability, the Chief Executive Officer or, in the event of their absences or
disabilities, the President or any Executive Vice President chosen by
resolution of the Board of Directors. The Secretary, or in the event of his or
her absence or disability, any Assistant Secretary designated by the presiding
officer, if any, or if there be no Assistant Secretary, in the absence of the
Secretary, an appointee of the presiding officer, shall act as Secretary of the
meeting and keep the minutes thereof.
(b) Conduct of Meetings. The date and time of the opening and the
closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a
meeting shall be announced at the meeting by the person presiding over the
meeting. The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution such rules and
regulations for the conduct of the meeting of stockholders as it shall deem
appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations
as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of any meeting of
stockholders shall have the right and authority to convene and to adjourn the
meeting, to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to all such
acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for the proper
conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or
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procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the
chairman of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i)
the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) rules
and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those
present; (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to
stockholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized and
constituted proxies or such other persons as the chairman of the meeting shall
determine; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for
the commencement thereof; and (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions
or comments by participants. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board
of Directors or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not
be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.
Section 1.10 Notice of Nominations and Stockholder Business.
(a) Annual Meetings of Stockholders.
(i) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of
Directors of the Corporation and the proposal of business to be
considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of
stockholders (A) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or
the Chairman, or (B) by any stockholder of the Corporation who is
entitled to vote at the meeting, who complies with the notice
procedures set forth in clauses (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph and
who was a stockholder of record at the time such notice is delivered
to the Secretary of the Corporation.
(ii) For nominations or other business to be properly brought
before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (B) of
paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 1.10, the stockholder must have
given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the
Corporation and any such other business must otherwise be a proper
matter for stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholder's notice
shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive
offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on
the ninetieth (90th) day nor earlier than the close of business on
the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to the first anniversary
of the preceding year's annual meeting (provided, however, that in
the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than thirty
(30) days before or more than seventy (70) days after such
anniversary date, notice by the stockholder must be so delivered not
earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth
(120th) day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close
of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such
annual meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which
public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the
Corporation). In no event shall an adjournment or postponement of an
annual meeting (or the public announcement thereof) commence a new
time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a
stockholder's notice as described above.
Such stockholder's notice shall set forth in writing (A) as to
each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or
reelection as a Director all information relating to such person that
is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election
of Directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to
Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange
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Act"), and Rule 14A-11 thereunder, including such person's written
consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to
serving as a Director if elected; (B) as to any other business that
the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief
description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting,
the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any
resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such
business includes a proposal to amend the Bylaws of the Corporation,
the language of the proposed amendment), the reasons for conducting
such business at the meeting and any material interest in such
business of such stockholder and of any beneficial owner on whose
behalf the proposal is made; and (C) as to the stockholder giving the
notice and any beneficial owner on whose behalf the nomination or
proposal is made, (1) the name and address of such stockholder, as it
appears on the Corporation's books, and of such beneficial owner, (2)
the class and number of shares of the Corporation which are owned
beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial
owner, (3) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of
record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such a meeting
and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose
such business or nomination, and (4) a representation whether the
stockholder or the beneficial owner, if any, intends or is part of a
group which intends to (a) deliver a proxy statement and/or form of
proxy to holders of at least the percent of the Corporation's
outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal
or elect the nominee and/or (b) otherwise solicit proxies from
stockholders in support of such proposal or nomination. The
Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other
information as it may reasonably require to determine the eligibility
of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation.
(iii) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of
paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section 1.10 to the contrary, in the event
that the number of Directors to be elected to the Board of Directors
of the Corporation at an annual meeting is increased and there is no
public announcement naming all of the nominees for Director or
specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors made by the
Corporation at least one hundred (100) days prior to the first
anniversary of the preceding year's annual meeting, a stockholder's
notice under this paragraph shall also be considered timely, but only
with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such
increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal
executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of
business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such
public announcement is first made by the Corporation.
(b) Special Meetings of Stockholders. Only such business as shall have
been brought before the special meeting of the stockholders pursuant to the
Corporation's notice of meeting pursuant to Section 1.03 of these Bylaws shall
be conducted at such meeting. Nominations of persons for election to the Board
of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which
Directors are to be elected pursuant to the Corporation's notice of meeting (1)
by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or (2) by any stockholder of
the Corporation who is entitled to vote at the meeting, who complies with the
notice procedures set forth in this Section 1.10 and who is a stockholder of
record at the time such notice is delivered to the Secretary of the
Corporation. Nominations by stockholders of persons for election to the Board
of Directors may be made at such special meeting of stockholders if the
stockholder's notice as required by paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section 1.10
shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the
Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the one
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hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such special meeting and not later than
the close of business on the later of (x) ninety (90) days prior to such
special meeting and (y) or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which
public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the
nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting. In
no event shall the adjournment or postponement of a special meeting (or the
public announcement thereof) commence a new time period for the giving of a
stockholder's notice as described above.
(c) General.
(i) Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the
procedures set forth in this Section 1.10 shall be eligible to serve
as Directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting
of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in
accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.10. Except
as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or
these Bylaws, the presiding officer of the meeting shall have the
power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business
proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed in
accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.10 and, if
any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with this
Section 1.10, to declare that such defective proposal or nomination
shall be disregarded.
(ii) For purposes of this Section 1.10, "public announcement"
shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones
News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or
in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities
and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14, or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act.
(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section
1.10, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable
requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section
1.10. Nothing in this Section 1.10 shall be deemed to affect any
rights (A) of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the
Corporation's proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the
Exchange Act, or (B) of the holders of any class or series of
preferred stock, if any, to elect Directors if so provided under any
applicable preferred stock certificate of designation.
Section 1.11 Inspectors of Elections.
(a) If required by applicable law, preceding any meeting of the
stockholders, the Board of Directors shall appoint one or more persons to act
as Inspectors of Elections, and may designate one or more alternate inspectors.
In the event no inspector or alternate is able to act, the person presiding at
the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each
inspector, before entering upon the discharge of the duties of an inspector,
shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with
strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. The
inspector shall:
(i) ascertain the number of shares outstanding and the voting
power of each;
(ii) determine the shares represented at the meeting and the
validity of proxies and ballots;
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(iii) count all votes and ballots;
(iv) determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of
the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the
inspectors; and
(v) certify his or her determination of the number of shares
represented at the meeting, and his or her count of all votes and
ballots.
(b) The inspector may appoint or retain other persons or entities to
assist in the performance of the duties of inspector.
(c) When determining the shares represented and the validity of
proxies and ballots, the inspector shall be limited to an examination of the
proxies, any envelopes submitted with those proxies, any proxies or other
information provided in accordance with Section 1.08 of these Bylaws, ballots
and the regular books and records of the Corporation. The inspector may
consider other reliable information for the limited purpose of reconciling
proxies and ballots submitted by or on behalf of banks, brokers or their
nominees or a similar person which represent more votes than the holder of a
proxy is authorized by the record owner to cast or more votes than the
stockholder holds of record. If the inspector considers other reliable
information as outlined in this section, the inspector, at the time of his or
her certification pursuant to (a)(v) of this Section 1.11, shall specify the
precise information considered, the person or persons from whom the information
was obtained, when this information was obtained, the means by which the
information was obtained, and the basis for the inspector's belief that such
information is accurate and reliable.
Section 1.12 Opening and Closing of Polls.
The date and time for the opening and the closing of the polls for
each matter to be voted upon at a stockholder meeting shall be announced at the
meeting. The inspector of the election shall be prohibited from accepting any
ballots, proxies or votes or any revocations thereof or changes thereto after
the closing of the polls, unless the Delaware Court of Chancery upon
application by a stockholder shall determine otherwise.
ARTICLE II:
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 2.01 General Powers.
Except as may otherwise be provided by Delaware Law or by the
Certificate of Incorporation, the property, affairs and business of the
Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of
Directors and the Board of Directors may exercise all the powers of the
Corporation.
Section 2.02 Number of Directors.
Subject to the rights of the holders of any class or series of
preferred stock, if any, the number of Directors shall be fixed from time to
time exclusively pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the entire
Board, provided that the Board shall at no time consist of fewer than three (3)
Directors. The Directors shall be divided into three classes, designated Class
I, Class II and Class III. Each class shall consist, as nearly as may be
possible, of one-third of the total number of Directors constituting the entire
Board of Directors. Directors need not be stockholders.
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Section 2.03 Term.
Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, each
director shall serve for a term ending on the date of the third annual meeting
of stockholders next following the annual meeting of stockholders next
following the annual meeting at which such Director was elected.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Director shall hold office until such
director's successor shall have been duly elected and qualified or until such
director's successor shall have been duly elected and qualified or until such
Director's earlier death, resignation or removal.
Section 2.04 Annual and Regular Meetings.
The annual meeting of the Board of Directors for the purpose of
electing officers and for the transaction of such other business as may come
before the meeting shall be held as soon as possible following adjournment of
the annual meeting of the stockholders at the place of such annual meeting of
the stockholders. Notice of such annual meeting of the Board of Directors need
not be given. In the event such annual meeting is not so held, the annual
meeting of the Board of Directors may be held at such place either within or
without the State of Delaware, on such date and at such time as shall be
specified in a notice thereof given as provided in Section 2.05 herein or in a
waiver of notice thereof signed by any director who chooses to waive the
requirement of notice. The Board of Directors from time to time may by
resolution provide for the holding of regular meetings and fix the place (which
may be within or without the State of Delaware) and the date and hour of such
meetings. Notice of regular meetings need not be given; provided, however, that
if the Board of Directors shall fix or change the time or place of any regular
meeting, notice of such action shall be mailed promptly, or sent by telephone,
including a voice messaging system or other system or technology designed to
record and communicate messages, telegraph, facsimile, electronic mail or other
means of electronic transmission, to each Director who shall not have been
present at the meeting at which such action was taken, addressed or transmitted
to him or her at his or her usual place of business, or shall be delivered or
transmitted to him or her personally. Notice of such action need not be given
to any Director who attends the first regular meeting after such action is
taken without protesting the lack of notice to him or her, prior to or at the
commencement of such meeting, or to any Director who submits a signed waiver of
notice, whether before or after such meeting.
Section 2.05 Special Meetings; Notice.
Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held whenever
called by the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer or, in the
event of the Chief Executive Officer's absence or disability, by the President
or any Officer Director, at such place (within or without the State of
Delaware), date and hour as may be specified in the respective notices or
waivers of notice of such meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors
may be called on twenty-four (24) hours' notice, if notice is given to each
Director personally or by telephone, including a voice messaging system or
other system or technology designed to record and communicate messages,
telegraph, facsimile, electronic mail or other means of electronic
transmission, or on five (5) days' notice, if notice is mailed to each
Director, addressed or transmitted to him or her at his or her usual place of
business or other designated location. Notice of any special meeting need not
be given to any Director who attends such meeting
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without protesting the lack of notice to him or her, prior to or at the
commencement of such meeting, or to any Director who submits a signed waiver of
notice, whether before or after such meeting, and any business may be
transacted thereat.
Section 2.06 Quorum; Voting.
At all meetings of the Board of Directors, unless the Certificate of
Incorporation or these Bylaws require a greater number, the presence of a
majority of the total authorized number of Directors shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business. Except as otherwise required by law, the vote
of a majority of the Directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is
present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.
Section 2.07 Adjournment.
A majority of the Directors present, whether or not a quorum is
present, may adjourn any meeting of the Board of Directors to another time or
place. No notice need be given of any adjourned meeting unless the time and
place of the adjourned meeting are not announced at the time of adjournment, in
which case notice conforming to the requirements of Section 2.05 of these
Bylaws shall be given to each Director. At the adjourned meeting, the Board of
Directors may transact any business which might have been transacted at the
original meeting. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board
of Directors, the directors present thereat shall adjourn the meeting, from
time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a
quorum shall be present.
Section 2.08 Action Without a Meeting.
Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or
these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of
the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if all members of the
Board of Directors consent thereto in writing, and such writing or writings are
filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors.
Section 2.09 Regulations; Manner of Acting.
To the extent consistent with applicable law, the Certificate of
Incorporation and these Bylaws, the Board of Directors may adopt such rules and
regulations for the conduct of meetings of the Board of Directors and for the
management of the property, affairs and business of the Corporation as the
Board of Directors may deem appropriate. The Directors shall act only as a
Board, and the individual Directors shall have no power as such.
Section 2.10 Action by Telephonic Communications.
Members of the Board of Directors may participate in any meeting of
the Board of Directors by means of conference telephone or similar
communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the
meeting can hear each other, and participation in any meeting pursuant to this
provision shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
Section 2.11 Resignations.
Any Director may resign at any time by delivering a written notice of
resignation, signed by such Director, to the Chairman or the Secretary. Unless
otherwise specified therein, such resignation shall take effect upon delivery
and the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it
effective.
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Section 2.12 Removal of Directors.
Subject to the rights of the holders of any class or series of
preferred stock, if any, to elect additional Directors under specified
circumstances, any Director may be removed at any time, either for or without
cause, only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the
voting power of all outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to
vote generally in the election of Directors, voting together as a single class.
Any vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by any such removal may be filled
at such meeting by the stockholders entitled to vote for the election of the
Director so removed. A Director filling any such vacancy shall hold office
until his or her successor shall have been elected and qualified or until his
or her earlier death, resignation or removal. If such stockholders do not fill
such vacancy at such meeting, such vacancy may be filled in the manner provided
in Section 2.13 of these Bylaws.
Section 2.13 Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships.
Subject to the rights of the holders of any class or series of
preferred stock, if any, to elect additional Directors under specified
circumstances, and except as provided in Section 2.12, if any vacancies shall
occur in the Board of Directors, by reason of death, resignation, removal or
otherwise, or if the authorized number of Directors shall be increased, the
Directors then in office shall continue to act, and such vacancies and newly
created directorships may be filled by a majority of the Directors then in
office, although less than a quorum. Whenever the holders of any class or
classes of stock or series thereof are entitled to elect one or more Directors
by the Certificate of Incorporation, vacancies and newly created directorships
of such class or classes or series may be filled by a majority of Directors
elected by such class or classes or series thereof then in office, or by a sole
remaining Director so elected. A Director elected to fill a vacancy or a newly
created directorship shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the
term of the Class to which such director shall have been elected until his or
her successor has been elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death,
resignation or removal. If there are no Directors in office, then an election
of Directors may be held in accordance with Delaware Law. Unless otherwise
provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, when one or more directors shall
resign from the Board, effective at a future date, a majority of the Directors
then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have the power to
fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such
resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each Director so chosen
shall hold office as provided in the filing of other vacancies.
Section 2.14 Compensation.
Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation of
these Bylaws, the amount, if any, which each Director shall be entitled to
receive as compensation for his or her services, including fees and
reimbursement of expenses, as such shall be fixed from time to time by
resolution of the Board of Directors.
Section 2.15 Reliance on Accounts and Reports, etc.
A Director, and any member of any committee designated by the Board of
Directors shall, in the performance of such Director's duties, be fully
protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Corporation and upon
information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation by
any of the Corporation's officers or employees, or Committees designated by the
Board of Directors, or by any other person as to the matters the member
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reasonably believes are within such other person's professional or expert
competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of
the Corporation.
ARTICLE III:
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND OTHER COMMITTEES
Section 3.01 How Constituted.
The Board of Directors may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the
whole Board, designate one or more committees, including an Executive
Committee, each such committee to consist of such number of Directors as from
time to time may be fixed by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may
designate one or more Directors as alternate members of any such committee, who
may replace any absent or disqualified member or members at any meeting of such
committee. Thereafter, members (and alternate members, if any) of each such
committee may be designated at the annual meeting of the Board of Directors.
Any such committee may be abolished or re-designated from time to time by the
Board of Directors. Each member (and each alternate member) of any such
committee (whether designated at an annual meeting of the Board of Directors or
to fill a vacancy or otherwise) shall hold office until his or her successor
shall have been designated or until he or she shall cease to be a Director, or
until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.
Section 3.02 Powers.
Each committee, except as otherwise provided by Delaware Law and to
the extent provided in the resolution of the Board or Directors, shall have and
may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the
management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize
the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it;
but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to the
following matter: (i) approving or adopting, or recommending to the
stockholders, any action or matter expressly required by Delaware Law to be
submitted to the stockholders for approval or (ii) adopting, amending or
repealing any bylaw of the Corporation.
Section 3.03 Proceedings.
Each committee may fix its own rules of procedure and may meet at such
place (within or without the State of Delaware), at such time and upon such
notice, if any, as it shall determine from time to time. Each committee shall
keep minutes of its proceedings and shall report such proceedings to the Board
of Directors at the meeting of the Board of Directors next following any such
proceedings.
Section 3.04 Quorum and Manner of Acting.
Except as may be otherwise provided in the resolution creating such
committee, at all meetings of any committee the presence of members (or
alternate members) constituting a majority of the total authorized membership
of such committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
The act of the majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum
is present shall be the act of such committee. Any action required or permitted
to be taken at any meeting of any such committee may be taken without a
meeting, if all members of such committee shall consent to such action in
writing and such writing or writings are filed with the minutes of the
proceedings of the committee. The members of any such committee shall act only
as a committee, and the individual members of such committee shall have no
power as such.
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Section 3.05 Action by Telephonic Communications.
Members of any committee designated by the Board of Directors may
participate in a meeting of such committee by means of conference telephone or
similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in
the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to
this provision shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
Section 3.06 Absent or Disqualified Members.
In the absence or disqualification of a member of any committee, the
member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from
voting, whether or not he, she or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously
appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the
place of any such absent or disqualified member.
Section 3.07 Resignations.
Any member (and any alternate member) of any committee may resign at
any time by delivering a written notice of resignation, signed by such member,
to the Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer or the President. Unless otherwise
specified therein, such resignation shall take effect upon delivery and the
acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
Section 3.08 Removal.
Any member (and any alternate member) of any committee may be removed
from his or her position as a member (or alternate member, as the case may be)
of such committee at any time, either for or without cause, by resolution
adopted by a majority of the whole Board of Directors.
Section 3.09 Vacancies.
If any vacancy shall occur in any committee, by reason of
disqualification, death, resignation, removal or otherwise, the remaining
members (and any alternate members) shall continue to act, and any such vacancy
may be filled by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE IV:
OFFICERS
Section 4.01 Number.
The officers of the Corporation shall be elected by the Board of
Directors and shall be a Chairman, one or more Vice Chairmen, a President and
Chief Executive Officer, one or more Executive Vice Presidents, a Secretary and
a Treasurer. The Board of Directors also may elect one or more Assistant
Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers in such numbers as the Board of Directors
may determine. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. No officer
need be a Director of the Corporation.
Section 4.02 Election.
Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, the officers of
the Corporation shall be elected by the Board of Directors at the annual
meeting of the Board of Directors, and shall be elected to hold office until
the next succeeding annual meeting of the Board of Directors. In the event of
the failure to elect officers at such annual meeting, officers
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may be elected at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors.
Each Officer shall hold office until his or her successor has been elected and
qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal at any
regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors. Each officer shall hold
office until his or her successor has been elected and qualified, or until his
or her earlier death, resignation or removal.
Section 4.03 Salaries.
The salaries of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the
Board of Directors, provided that the Board of Directors may authorize the
President, the Chief Executive Officer, any other officer or a Committee of the
Board of Directors to fix the salaries of some or all of the officers of the
Corporation.
Section 4.04 Removal and Resignation; Vacancies.
Any officer may be removed for or without cause at any time by the
Board of Directors, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the
contractual rights of such officer, if any, with the Corporation. Any officer
may resign at any time by delivering a written notice of resignation, signed by
such officer, to the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. Unless
otherwise specified therein, such resignation shall take effect upon delivery
and the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it
effective. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death,
resignation, removal or otherwise, shall be filled by the Board of Directors.
Section 4.05 Authority and Duties of Officers.
The officers of the Corporation shall have such authority and shall
exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be specified in these
Bylaws, except that in any event each officer shall exercise such powers and
perform such duties as may be required by law.
Section 4.06 The Chairman.
The Directors shall elect from among the members of the Board a
Chairman of the Board. The Chairman shall have such duties and powers as set
forth in these Bylaws or as shall otherwise be conferred upon the Chairman from
time to time by the Board. The Chairman shall preside over all meetings of the
stockholders and the Board.
Section 4.07 The Vice Chairman.
Each Vice Chairman shall have such duties and powers as shall be
conferred upon such Vice Chairman from time to time by the Chairman. No Vice
Chairman need be a Director of the Corporation.
Section 4.08 President and Chief Executive Officer.
The President and Chief Executive Officer shall have general control
and supervision of the policies and operations of the Corporation and shall see
that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into
effect. He or she shall manage and administer the Corporation's business and
affairs and shall also perform all duties and exercise all powers usually
pertaining to such office. He or she shall have the authority to sign, in the
name and on behalf of the Corporation, checks, orders, contracts, leases,
notes, drafts and other documents and instruments in connection with the
business of the Corporation. He or she shall have the authority to cause the
employment or appointment of such employees and agents of the
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Corporation as the conduct of the business of the Corporation may require, to
fix their compensation, and to remove or suspend any employee or agent elected
or appointed by the President and Chief Executive Officer or the Board of
Directors. The President and Chief Executive Officer shall perform such other
duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to
time prescribe. If the Board of Directors creates the office of Chief Executive
Officer as a separate office from President, the President shall be the chief
operating officer of the Corporation and shall be subject to the general
supervision, direction and control of the Chief Executive Officer unless the
Board of Directors provides otherwise.
Section 4.09 The Secretary.
The Secretary shall have the following powers and duties:
(a) he or she shall keep or cause to be kept a record of all the
proceedings of the meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors
in books provided for that purpose;
(b) he or she shall cause all notices to be duly given in accordance
with the provisions of these Bylaws and as required by law;
(c) whenever any committee shall be appointed pursuant to a resolution
of the Board of Directors, he or she shall furnish a copy of such resolution to
the members of such committee;
(d) he or she shall be the custodian of the records and of the seal of
the Corporation and cause such seal (or a facsimile thereof) to be affixed to
all certificates representing shares of the Corporation prior to the issuance
thereof and to all instruments the execution of which on behalf of the
Corporation under its seal shall have been duly authorized in accordance with
these Bylaws, and when so affixed he or she may attest the same;
(e) he or she shall properly maintain and file all books, reports,
statements, certificates and all other documents and records required by law,
the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws;
(f) he or she shall have charge of the stock books and ledgers of the
Corporation and shall cause the stock and transfer books to be kept in such
manner as to show at any time the number of shares of stock of the Corporation
of each class issued and outstanding, the names and the addresses of the
holders of record of such shares, the number of shares held by each holder and
the date as of which each became such holder of record;
(g) he or she shall sign (unless the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer
or an Assistant Secretary shall have signed) certificates representing shares
of the Corporation, the issuance of which shall have been authorized by the
Board of Directors; and
(h) he or she shall perform, in general, all duties incident to the
office of secretary and such other duties as may be specified in these Bylaws
or as may be assigned to him or her from time to time by the Board of
Directors, or the President.
Section 4.10 Additional Officers.
The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and agents as
it may deem appropriate, and such other officers and agents shall hold their
offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties
as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. The
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Board of Directors from time to time may delegate to any officer or agent the
power to appoint subordinate officers or agents and to prescribe their
respective rights, terms of office, authorities and duties. Any such officer or
agent may remove any such subordinate officer or agent appointed by him or her,
for or without cause, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the
contractual rights of such subordinate officer or agent, if any, with the
Corporation.
ARTICLE V:
CAPITAL STOCK
Section 5.01 Certificates of Stock, Uncertificated Shares.
The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates,
provided that the Board of Directors may provide by resolution or resolutions
that some or all of any or all classes or series of the stock of the
Corporation shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply
to shares represented by a certificate until each certificate is surrendered to
the Corporation. Notwithstanding the adoption of such a resolution by the Board
of Directors, every holder of stock in the Corporation represented by
certificates, and upon request every holder of uncertificated shares shall be
entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of, the Corporation,
by the Chief Executive Officer, the President or an Executive Vice President,
and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary, representing the number of shares registered in
certificate form. Such certificate shall be in such form as the Board of
Directors may determine, to the extent consistent with applicable law, the
Certificate of Incorporation and these Bylaws.
Section 5.02 Signatures; Facsimile.
All of such signatures on the certificate referred to in Section 5.01
of these Bylaws may be a facsimile, engraved or printed, to the extent
permitted by law. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has
signed, or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate
representing shares of the Corporation shall have ceased to be such officer,
transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued
by the Corporation with the same effect as if he or she were such officer,
transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.
Section 5.03 Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates.
The Board of Directors may direct that a new certificate be issued in
place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have
been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon delivery to the Board of Directors of an
affidavit of the owner or owners of such certificate, setting forth such
allegation. The Board of Directors may require the owner of such lost, stolen
or destroyed certificate, or his or her legal representative, to give the
Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be
made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any
such certificate or the issuance of any such new certificate.
Section 5.04 Transfer of Stock.
Upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent of the
Corporation of a certificate for shares, duly endorsed or accompanied by
appropriate evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, the
Corporation shall issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto,
cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books. Within a
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reasonable time after the transfer of uncertificated stock, the Corporation
shall send to the registered owner thereof a written notice containing the
information required to be set forth or stated on certificates pursuant to
Sections 151, 156, 202(a) or 218(a) of Delaware Law. Subject to the provisions
of the Certificate of Incorporation and these Bylaws, the Board of Directors
may prescribe such additional rules and regulations as it may deem appropriate
relating to the issue, transfer and registration of shares of the Corporation.
Section 5.05 Record Date.
In order to determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to
vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of
Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not
precede the date on which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by
the Board of Directors, and which shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less
than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed
the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote
at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next
preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the
close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is
held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to
vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the
meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record
date for the adjourned meeting.
In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled
to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any
rights of the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any
change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful
action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall
not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is
adopted, and which record date shall be not more than sixty (60) days prior to
such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining
stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day
on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.
Section 5.06 Registered Stockholders.
Prior to due surrender of a certificate for registration of transfer,
the Corporation may treat the registered owner as the person exclusively
entitled to receive dividends and other distributions, to vote, to receive
notice and otherwise to exercise all the rights and powers of the owner of the
shares represented by such certificate, and the Corporation shall not be bound
to recognize any equitable or legal claim to or interest in such shares on the
part of any other person, whether or not the Corporation shall have notice of
such claim or interests, except as otherwise required by applicable law.
Whenever any transfer of shares shall be made for collateral security, and not
absolutely, it shall be so expressed in the entry of the transfer if, when the
certificates are presented to the Corporation for transfer or uncertificated
shares are requested to be transferred, both the transferor and transferee
request the Corporation to do so.
Section 5.07 Transfer Agent and Registrar.
The Board of Directors may appoint one or more transfer agents and one
or more registrars, and may require all certificates representing shares to
bear the signature of any such transfer agents or registrars.
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ARTICLE VI:
OFFICES
Section 6.01 Registered Office.
The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware
shall be located at Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street in the City of
Wilmington, County of New Castle.
Section 6.02 Other Offices.
The Corporation may maintain offices or places of business at such
other locations within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of
Directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation
may require.
ARTICLE VII:
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 7.01 Dividends.
Subject to any applicable provisions of law and the Certificate of
Incorporation, dividends upon the shares of capital stock of the Corporation
may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of
the Board of Directors and any such dividend may be paid in cash, property or
shares of the Corporation's capital stock.
A member of the Board of Directors, or a member of any committee
designated by the Board of Directors shall be fully protected in relying in
good faith upon the records of the Corporation and upon such information,
opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation by any of its
officers or employees, or committees of the Board of Directors, or by any other
person as to matters the Director reasonably believes are within such other
person's professional or expert competence and who has been selected with
reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation, as to the value and amount
of the assets, liabilities and/or net profits of the Corporation, or any other
facts pertinent to the existence and amount of surplus or other funds from
which dividends might properly be declared and paid.
Section 7.02 Reserves.
There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available
for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in
its absolute discretion, thinks proper as a reserve or reserves to meet
contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any
property of the Corporation or for such other purpose as the Board of Directors
shall think conducive to the interests of the Corporation, and the Board of
Directors may similarly modify or abolish any such reserve.
Section 7.03 Execution of Instruments.
Except as otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation
or these Bylaws, any contracts or other instruments may be executed and
delivered in the name and on behalf of the Corporation by such officer or
officers of the Corporation as the Board of Directors may from time to time
direct. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances as the
Board may determine. The Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer,
the President or any Executive Vice President may execute bonds, contracts,
deeds, leases and other instruments to be made or executed for or on behalf of
the Corporation. Subject to any
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restrictions imposed by the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board,
the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Executive Vice President may
delegate contractual powers to others under his or her jurisdiction, it being
understood, however, that any such delegation of power shall not relieve such
officer of responsibility with respect to the exercise of such delegated power.
Section 7.04 Voting as Stockholder.
Unless otherwise determined by resolution of the Board of Directors,
the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Executive Vice President
shall have full power and authority on behalf of the Corporation to attend any
meeting of stockholders of any corporation in which the Corporation may hold
stock, and to act, vote (or execute proxies to vote) and exercise in person or
by proxy all other rights, powers and privileges incident to the ownership of
such stock. Such officers acting on behalf of the Corporation shall have full
power and authority to execute any instrument expressing consent to or dissent
from any action of any such corporation without a meeting. The Board of
Directors may by resolution from time to time confer such power and authority
upon any other person or persons.
Section 7.05 Fiscal Year.
The fiscal year of the Corporation shall commence on the first day of
January of each year (except for the Corporation's first fiscal year which
shall commence on the date of incorporation) and shall terminate in each case
on December 31.
Section 7.06 Seal.
The seal of the Corporation shall be circular in form and shall
contain the name of the Corporation, the year of its incorporation and the
words "Corporate Seal" and "Delaware." The form of such seal shall be subject
to alteration by the Board of Directors. The seal may be used by causing it or
a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or reproduced, or may be used in
any other lawful manner.
Section 7.07 Books and Records; Inspection.
Except to the extent otherwise required by law, the books and records
of the Corporation shall be kept at such place or places within or without the
State of Delaware as may be determined from time to time by the Board of
Directors.
ARTICLE VIII:
AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS
Section 8.01 Amendment.
Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these
Bylaws may be amended, altered or repealed:
(a) by resolution adopted by a majority of the Board of Directors at
any special or regular meeting of the Board if, in the case of such special
meeting only, notice of such amendment, alteration or repeal is contained in
the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting; or
(b) at any regular or special meeting of the stockholders upon the
affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the combined voting power of
the outstanding shares of the
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Corporation entitled to vote generally in the
election of Directors if, in the case of such special meeting only, notice of
such amendment, alteration or repeal is contained in the notice or waiver of
notice of such meeting.
ARTICLE IX:
CONSTRUCTION
Section 9.01 Construction.
In the event of any conflict between the provisions of these Bylaws as
in effect from time to time and the provisions of the Certificate of
Incorporation of the Corporation as in effect from time to time, the provisions
of such Certificate of Incorporation shall be controlling.
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